I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, received A.B. and M.A.
degrees in Art from Stanford University, CA, and have lived in Tijeras,
NM since 1970. I have drawn and painted all my life. My media are
acrylic on canvas and paper, woodblock prints, watercolor, monotype and
artist books. I have been included in publications such as The
Acrylic Painter's Book of Styles and Techniques , by Rachel Wolf and
Who’s Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who,
American Women, Who's Who in the West, and American Artist
Magazine, September, 1982 and June, 1987. Also Splash, America’s
Best Contemporary Watercolors, by Greg Albert and Rachel Wolf,
1991, Watercolor Magic Magazine, Winter 1996, Watercolor
Magazine Fall, 1996.

The
landscape has always been my primary inspiration. As a child I spent
summers on my grandparents' Ohio farm and I went camping and hiking as a
Girl Scout. I always loved mountains, first Ohio's gentle hills and then
the grandeur of the Rockies and the West. When I was still a teen-ager I
discovered the pull of the canyons and deserts and learned to love the
wild places, where there is time to see and hear and think. I spend much
time still in such places, hiking, camping, backpacking, skiing,
river-running and I paint what I love.

Mary's work on Japanese style woodblock prints
has been in parallel with five trips to Japan; 2005, 2008, and 2009, 2010, and
2013. Some recent woodblock prints from Japanese sites are shown on the
following page: Japan Prints

In April 2008, Mary went to China and visited various cities; Beijing, Xian,
Guilin, Chongqing, Suzhou, and Shanghai. This trip has led to a new series of
paintings and woodblock prints. Some recent works as well as photographs from
the trip can be accessed from the links below: